Several dead in newsroom shooting in USA state

Posted - June 29 201818:29

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Several dead in newsroom shooting in USA state

The newspaper is located in a four-storey office building in Annapolis, the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland. In a number of tweets, Capital Gazettereporter Phil Davis was reporting breaking news on Twitter of an attack in his own office.

"I can tell you this: We are putting out a damn paper tomorrow", reporter Chase Cook said.

The ATF and Federal Bureau of Investigation said they are also responding to a shooting at that location.

Police also went to the offices of the Baltimore Sun as a precaution, that paper reported.

On Twitter, Davis said he was interviewed by police and was not sending messages while under his desk.

Davis, who graduated from Rowan University in 2011, worked for the South Jersey Times from 2011 to 2014.

A shooting at the Capital Gazette in Anne Arundel County, Maryland left five journalists dead and two others injured in what authorities are calling a "targeted attack".

Marc Limansky, a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Police Department, said officers were searching the building while trying to get everyone out safely.

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The attacker is white adult male in custody, who was armed with a "long gun,", police spokesman Lieutenant Ryan Frashure said.

The identity of the shooter and a possible motive have not yet been released.

"I don't know why he stopped", said Davis, who later comfirmed he was safe. According to news reports, five people were killed and more than a dozen were injured.

Jimmy DeButts, an editor at the Capital Gazette, tweeted that he was devastated, heartbroken and numb.

A gas station employee near the shooting scene described a flood of police activity in the area as he sat tight inside his still-open workplace. The newspaper's office is guarded only by a glass front door.

"The road is blocked off real good". Officials said the initial report came in at 2:35 p.m. According to the Capital Gazette's website, their daily newspaper and sister publications have an editorial staff of 45, plus a sales and advertising team of 10. It is part of the Baltimore Sun Media Group.

"We've had several fatalities and several people are in the hospital", said Maryland Governor Larry Hogan.

President Donald Trump tweeted: "Prior to departing Wisconsin, I was briefed on the shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland".

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